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    Default Some Questions

    Find the mistake:
    Trees sometimes blown down by the wind


    or are blown ???
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    - It is fearing that there are no survivors of the crash


    would it be feared or frightening

    My answers:
    1- are blown
    2- frightening

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    Default Re: Some Questions

    Your first answer is correct, though I would say are sometimes blown. You second is incorrect- as a clue, stick with the word used and change the form.

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    Default Re: Some Questions

    I didn`t understand what u mean in the second question !

    could u explain why

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    Default Re: Some Questions

    Use fear, but change the form- fearing doesn't work.

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    Default Re: Some Questions

    Quote Originally Posted by ricolding View Post
    I didn`t understand what you mean in the second question!

    Could you explain? why
    Please don't use the "textspeak" abbreviations such as "u" instead of "you" on the forum. We ask that everyone uses standard, full words especially as beginners might read these threads and become very confused.

    As ricolding said "fear" is the correct base word required, but "fearing" is not the correct form.
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